Giacomo Casanova, 1725-1798

Biographical note

Venetian adventurer and author. His main book Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), part autobiography and part
memoir, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the
18th century. He was so famous as a womanizer that his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction and he is
sometimes called "the world's greatest lover". He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with men
such as Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart.